Mother Broke Up Home

September 2, 1985

A SENTINEL headline of Aug. 26 read, ''Welfare rule splits up home.'' The government did not order the breakup of the Orlando home. The mother broke up the home, sending one son to live with an aunt to avoid a reduction in welfare benefits.

Greater Orlando Legal Services is suing the government so the woman may collect full Aid to Families With Dependent Children in addition to food stamps and $520 a month in child support. This gives her a monthly tax-free income of $894 and heavily subsidized housing ($48 a month).

This income is greater than that of many working families who are taxed to support it.